The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-08

liable batsmen. What makes il appear more strange
these players could have been secured for compare
tive song.
1t takes 1000 men, 500 each side. to play col
lege ball game. Nine of zach 500 play ball and 491
yell The yelling quite i'm portant playing
and the yelers work just hard
There such a base ball at Yale Col
lege there is this Besides the university
freshman and consolidated Mines there are five class
mines, reserve nine lawschool nine and theological
nine.
Joe Manning commenced playing with the Bostons
ing professionally thirteen years He is now in his
thirty year, but his gray locks make him look
more than forty.
Hudson. the pitcher, is expected to join the St.
Louis Browns this week. If he does. it is said King
will be released the Cleveands, but Won der Abe
that he will under circumstances, allow him
to leave St. Louis
They charge a twenty-five cent admission to TIE
games in Philadelphia but they manage to get fifty
BY having so beautiful grand stand with such
Portable chairs that they glad to pay twenty
five cents extra.
In the Philadelphia press vote the positions of
the League clubs at the end of the the for
dephia 419; New York 112: Boston. 90; Pitts burg.
81; indianapolis and Washington, each The list
Boston; s. Pittsburg; g. New York; T. Indianapolis: g.
Washington
New York Clipper: Contrast the League with the
unfavorable to the latter. The Cleveands
and Metropolitans wofully weak, and already
Club is Observation-Disclosures strong. The Detrots had
their hands full win in Indianapolis and if Indian
apolis is the League infant how they going fare
with the stronger clubsl
correspondent of the Clipper says II have
marked the terrific hitting that has been going in
both League and Association. and have been wonder
ing if this would lead to the abolition of the four
strikes and bring matters back to five balls and three
strikes This would doubtless tickle old pitchers inn
mensely. The colleges did wise thing to adopt the
sixball rule Yet their still pitching games,
is shown by the fact that StaRg struck out
Saturday The colleges. of all leagues, should favor
the batsmen, who generally very weak. and need
all the chance to hit the bali that they get"
Captain Anson when asked by Chicago Tribune
reporter what he thought of the playing of the In
danapolis club, said: They playing good ball.
They played good ball when they in St Louis
aud they stronger now than they were last
They have Bassett second base and he plays bail
all the time and when they have Boyle in the box and
Myers behind the bat they have very strong
there is in the League. The Detroit club
played lucky ball at Indianapolis. They ought to have
lost two out of the three games they played there
all three
The Boston Globe thus describes the department of
the crowd at the game between the Bostons and
Washingtons at Washington last Saturday: Those
1000 people enjoyed themselves hugely. They
selves hoarse when the $40 900 beauty struck out
got up and shouted like mad when any of the
local players made hit. Kissed Burdock because he
tumbled at second and prevented him
from running to third laughed in a rather heartless
manner when foul hit the umpire in the neck and
nearly struck him out and had Quaker meeting when
Boston scored run.